An Algarve Garden - 2021

Thank you Upsy, pleased it cheered you. Vxx

 

I'm most definitely cheered this week Vicky.

 

@Victoria ,..awesome images,..cheered me up as well ,..visiting your garden i always think,..someplace far away and nice,..i hope you get some of that rain you wished for,..just enough though

 

Thank you Philip. It is unusual we are on line the same time. I am in the a/c reading as we have tipped 30c and the air is still and uncomfortable. We don't expect any rain before October or so. There won't be many photos either because everything goes into sleepy mode. But I will be on here every day having a nosey around.

 

@Victoria ,..lucky you with no rain until October,..my being on line just now is due to rain,..heavy rain,..waiting for it to clear so i can take Foxy Molly for a walk.

 

Finally T'other Half is getting our irrigation back in place which has not worked for many years. As I haven't been able to do the watering these past few years, this task has fallen down to him. Fortunately water is cheap here. about 12 Euros a month which includes rubbish collection* and 25 Euros a month in the Summer. *Of course, we have to walk 200 meters up a dirt road ... or as I prefer, take it when you go out in the car!

Hope you and Foxy Molly get to go out on your ramblings soon.

 

Mandevilla ...











... and a rogue Malva sylvestris in a pot ...



Tecoma stans (Ginger Thomas ... (it has a light scent of Ginger) has its first bloom after it was drastically cut back in March ...



Iochroma looks pretty good in the heat ...


Lantana is bright and cheerful ...


Looking good in The Jungle Room ...

Callisa fragrans ...


Rhipsalis baccifera


The giant Mandevilla looks good backed by the Plumbago ...

 

I did these from seed in May 2019 so delighted to see it's first bloom emerging ...

 

@Victoria ,..very interesting,..it took a lot of work and planning to complete that Acequia,..it looks like a simple structure but there is a lot more to it,..i bet the water is very cool coming down from the Sierras,..oranges as well

 

Hi @Giri That is one stunning pathway and I was pleased to see a handrail! You have truly chosen a spectacular location. Thanks for sharing that. It is unique. Why don't you make a thread entitled A Spanish Hacienda in the Sky or such like to keep things together.

 

@glengarry23 Philip, that is @Giri 's paradise in the Spanish Sierras.

 

A couple from my Algarve casa ...

View across the front patio over the cisterna ...


Approaching from the road ...


We are training a Bougainvillea over the (new) gate ...


Looking up the lane ...


This is an earlier photo of the lane leading to our (old) gates ...

 

I often put something up in "What's Looking Good in ..." and also want it in My Algarve Garden so I just highlight the entire post, Copy then Paste over (I have two tabs up to do this). I then alter anything I want to in the new post and Post. Voilá!

 

That´s helpful, thanks. I´ll have another go when the temperature drops a bit.

 

Yikes,..how did that happen,..must be the heat or just ,..i did find it odd about taking that long walk downhill